]]>The Strumahttps://cjhsla.org/2017/09/23/the-struma/
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 13:12:43 +0000http://cjhsla.org/?p=17070Afraid of becoming victims of the horrors being perpetrated by the Nazis in Eastern Europe, 769 Jews attempted to flee to Palestine on board the ship Struma. Leaving from Romania on December 12, 1941, they were scheduled for a short stop in Istanbul. However, with a failed engine and no immigration papers, the Struma and its passengers became stuck in port for

]]>THE RIGHT 9/11 MEMORIALhttps://cjhsla.org/2017/09/23/right-911-memorial/
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:55:49 +0000http://cjhsla.org/?p=17063It was around the time of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, that memorials stopped being remembrances of virtue, and became therapy sessions. The old statues of determined men gave way to empty spaces to represent loss. Their lessons of courage and sacrifice, were replaced by architecture as therapy session, clean geometrical shapes, reflective pools and open

]]>The Redemption of Israelhttps://cjhsla.org/2017/09/23/the-redemption-of-israel/
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:52:06 +0000http://cjhsla.org/?p=17060How strange it seems! These Hebrews in their graves, Close by the street of this fair seaport town, Silent beside the never-silent waves, At rest in all this moving up and down! But ah! what once has been shall be no more! The groaning earth in travail and in pain Brings forth its races, but

]]>12 years after Gaza pull-out: ‘no life, no work, high unemployment’https://cjhsla.org/2017/09/23/12-years-gaza-pull-no-life-no-work-high-unemployment/
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:40:38 +0000http://cjhsla.org/?p=17057Marking the 12th anniversary of Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip, Hamas announced that resistance against Israel remains the best plan and shortest path for the Palestinian people to “freedom and a better life.” Since Hamas took control of the enclave, the Palestinians living there have been forced to contend with daily hardships brought on

]]>Sunnyvale 5th Graders Taught on 9-11 That Israel ‘Belonged to the Muslims’https://cjhsla.org/2017/09/23/sunnyvale-5th-graders-taught-9-11-israel-belonged-muslims/
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:38:20 +0000http://cjhsla.org/?p=17053On September 11 itself, the 5th grade of Louis E. Stocklmeir Elementary School in Sunnyvale, California (Cupertino Union School District), had a lesson about 9/11 – probably like many other schools in the US (hat tip: Club Z). Except this is what they learned (verified from a parent of one of the kids at the school):

]]>Despite protests, State Department says it will return trove of Jewish artifacts to Iraqhttps://cjhsla.org/2017/09/23/despite-protests-state-department-says-will-return-trove-jewish-artifacts-iraq/
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:24:11 +0000http://cjhsla.org/?p=17050NEW YORK (JTA) — The United States will return to Iraq next year a trove of Iraqi Jewish artifacts that lawmakers and Jewish groups have lobbied to keep in this country, a State Department official said. A four-year extension to keep the Iraqi Jewish Archive in the U.S. is set to expire in September 2018,

]]>This study of fascist men shows their terrifying fascination with sex, death, and authorityhttps://cjhsla.org/2017/09/23/study-fascist-men-shows-terrifying-fascination-sex-death-authority/
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:06:54 +0000http://cjhsla.org/?p=17047After World War I, a German paramilitary commander stood in the countryside, surveying a grisly scene: a lovers’ picnic interrupted by a grenade. The couple’s blood-smeared, mangled corpses gave the commander a strange surge of pleasure. The woman was a Communist whore, the commander thought, one of the many “Red women” destroying his homeland in

]]>Facebook Enabled Advertisers to Reach ‘Jew Haters’https://cjhsla.org/2017/09/23/facebook-enabled-advertisers-reach-jew-haters/
Sat, 23 Sep 2017 12:05:04 +0000http://cjhsla.org/?p=17044Want to market Nazi memorabilia, or recruit marchers for a far-right rally? Facebook’s self-service ad-buying platform had the right audience for you. Until this week, when we asked Facebook about it, the world’s largest social network enabled advertisers to direct their pitches to the news feeds of almost 2,300 people who expressed interest in the